diff --git a/qga/commands-win32.c b/qga/commands-win32.c
index ed31077457..0d1b836e87 100644
--- a/qga/commands-win32.c
+++ b/qga/commands-win32.c
@@ -278,8 +278,7 @@ static void acquire_privilege(const char *name, Error **errp)
         TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, &token))
     {
         if (!LookupPrivilegeValue(NULL, name, &priv.Privileges[0].Luid)) {
-            error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-                       "no luid for requested privilege");
+            error_setg(errp, "no luid for requested privilege");
             goto out;
         }
 
@@ -287,14 +286,12 @@ static void acquire_privilege(const char *name, Error **errp)
         priv.Privileges[0].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
 
         if (!AdjustTokenPrivileges(token, FALSE, &priv, 0, NULL, 0)) {
-            error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-                       "unable to acquire requested privilege");
+            error_setg(errp, "unable to acquire requested privilege");
             goto out;
         }
 
     } else {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-                   "failed to open privilege token");
+        error_setg(errp, "failed to open privilege token");
     }
 
 out:
@@ -308,8 +305,7 @@ static void execute_async(DWORD WINAPI (*func)(LPVOID), LPVOID opaque,
 {
     HANDLE thread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, func, opaque, 0, NULL);
     if (!thread) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-                   "failed to dispatch asynchronous command");
+        error_setg(errp, "failed to dispatch asynchronous command");
     }
 }
 
@@ -1418,22 +1414,19 @@ static void check_suspend_mode(GuestSuspendMode mode, Error **errp)
 
     ZeroMemory(&sys_pwr_caps, sizeof(sys_pwr_caps));
     if (!GetPwrCapabilities(&sys_pwr_caps)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-                   "failed to determine guest suspend capabilities");
+        error_setg(errp, "failed to determine guest suspend capabilities");
         return;
     }
 
     switch (mode) {
     case GUEST_SUSPEND_MODE_DISK:
         if (!sys_pwr_caps.SystemS4) {
-            error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-                       "suspend-to-disk not supported by OS");
+            error_setg(errp, "suspend-to-disk not supported by OS");
         }
         break;
     case GUEST_SUSPEND_MODE_RAM:
         if (!sys_pwr_caps.SystemS3) {
-            error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-                       "suspend-to-ram not supported by OS");
+            error_setg(errp, "suspend-to-ram not supported by OS");
         }
         break;
     default:
@@ -2175,8 +2168,7 @@ static void ga_get_win_version(RTL_OSVERSIONINFOEXW *info, Error **errp)
     HMODULE module = GetModuleHandle("ntdll");
     PVOID fun = GetProcAddress(module, "RtlGetVersion");
     if (fun == NULL) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-            "Failed to get address of RtlGetVersion");
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to get address of RtlGetVersion");
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/qga/commands.c b/qga/commands.c
index 88c1c99fe5..5a5fad31f8 100644
--- a/qga/commands.c
+++ b/qga/commands.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "guest-agent-core.h"
 #include "qga-qapi-commands.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "qapi/qmp/qerror.h"
 #include "qemu/base64.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "commands-common.h"
@@ -475,7 +474,7 @@ GuestExec *qmp_guest_exec(const char *path,
             guest_exec_task_setup, &has_merge, &pid, input_data ? &in_fd : NULL,
             has_output ? &out_fd : NULL, has_output ? &err_fd : NULL, &gerr);
     if (!ret) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED, gerr->message);
+        error_setg(errp, "%s", gerr->message);
         g_error_free(gerr);
         goto done;
     }
@@ -586,8 +585,7 @@ GuestTimezone *qmp_guest_get_timezone(Error **errp)
     info = g_new0(GuestTimezone, 1);
     tz = g_time_zone_new_local();
     if (tz == NULL) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_QGA_COMMAND_FAILED,
-                   "Couldn't retrieve local timezone");
+        error_setg(errp, "Couldn't retrieve local timezone");
         goto error;
     }